BlockWinterthur, Delaware
35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Piedmont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19807. It stands on Wilson Run. The Survey maps it on the Wilmington North quadrangle. It stands 269 feet above sea level.
On record in Winterthur
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Strand Millas and Rock Springlisted 1973 · 0.8 miles away
Gatehouselisted 1971 · 0.9 miles away
Montchanin Historic Districtlisted 1978 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 35 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1901 USGS West Chester quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS West Chester quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1943 USGS West Chester quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Wilmington North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1967 USGS Wilmington North quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1972 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Wilmington North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Wilmington North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Winterthur in 2018, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 February 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protection | STRIKER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Winterthur: 2 plants, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Titanium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Mica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Minerals/ Wilmington, De. | Chromium | Past Producer | ||
| Fairville Mica Occurrence | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Wilmington Plant Dupont | Titanium | Plant | ||
| Wilmington Plantozark-Mahoning | Fluorine-Fluorite | Plant |
Storms near this place
6 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winterthur in 6 storm reports between 2013 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winterthur | $20,000 | A severe thunderstorm knocked down trees along Delaware State Route 100 in Christina Hundred and blocked the roadway. Wooden fences and construction signs were also knocked down. A few other roadways in the hundred were also blocked by downed trees including Hillside and Montchanin Roads as well as Kennett Pike in the Greenville area. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winterthur | - | Trees and wires down along Montchanin Road north of Wilmington. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Winterthur | - | A section of Thompsons Bridge Road near Montchanin Road in Winterthur was washed away by flood waters. |
| July 2017 | Heavy Rain | Winterthur | - | Just under six inches of rain fell at this DEOS sensor with half an inch in five minutes. |
| July 2017 | Heavy Rain | Winterthur | - | Almost seven and a half inches of rain fell at this DEOS site. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winterthur | - | A severe thunderstorm knocked down a couple of trees and large tree limbs in Winterthur in Christina Hundred. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guyencourt | 0.8 miles | 35 | |
| Rockland Woods | 0.8 miles | 35 | |
| Montchanin | 0.9 miles | 35 | |
| Rockland | 1.1 miles | 35 | |
| West Farm | 1.2 miles | 35 | |
| Quintynnes | 1.2 miles | 35 | |
| Williamhurst | 1.3 miles | 35 | |
| Wynleigh | 1.4 miles | 35 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Winterthur | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2585164 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 216254. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.